The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-03-30

A colossal tower, 1000 feet In height,
will be not only the principal attraction
OF the Exposition, but the most daring
work ever undertaken BY any engineer.
The pyramids OF Egypt, St Peters,
the Washington Monument, all these
wonderful elevations will seem the work
OF dwarfs beside this massive iron con-
structi0n, on whose summit will float
the French nag. This tower consists OF
four iron pyramids, placed $50 feet one
from tho other each pyramid being so
square.
At the first story, $50 feet above the
ground, these pyramids are united by q
glass-covered gallery, so feet wide. which
makes the tour OF the construction.
This gallery will be used for soirees. etc.
AT the second story IS airoom 100 feet
square, covered by glass.
At tho summit Is q cupola with an ex-
terror balcony There viii be placed the
electrical apparatus destined to light the
Exposition. Each pyramid will have an
elevator. constructed In the same inall-.
ner as tho, SWISS railways. II Is start
ling to think of an elevator taking one
snven tlmcs as high as tho Calumii Yen-
dome. but thera vi SO no danger
The elevator viii DO drawn BY cable.
but steel graphing hooks are to be ar.
ranged In such manner Tint, IL tho
cable breaks. the elevator will remain
suspended. There has meyer been an
accident on the Right. and M. Elffel. who
- the originator Of this etupendous
scheme, says his elevators will be eyon
more secure than any got constructed.
A vertica. elevator will also take pas
sengcrs from the central point to the
summit af the tower. When at the top
wo can, admire the night. Paris and the
millions Of lights.
In pleasant weather we can see tho
most splendid panorama that human
thought can imagine. Above the hills
which W til Their green foliage surround
Paris. we shall have view OF over ono
hundred miles. We shall see Conn
piegne, Rheims. Fontainebleap Charities,
Dreux, Creil. the villages lost in the
woods, and the rivers trailing their sill
ver ribbous across the valleys.
But this metallic tower will not be
built expressly for the curious; 1t will
render service to eciences In the cupola
will BIO installed telescopes. pluvlom-
eters, thermometers, etc. Astronomical
and meteorological observations will be
made under new conditions. and expert
ments which have heretofore been Inn
possible can for the first time be attempt
ed. Atmospheric electricity, the veoc-
ity of the wind, the transparency Of tho
air, Foueaults experiment to prove that
the earth revolves, all can be studied.
Spectroscopes for analysis OF the light
OF the sun and stars will be placed under
the dome. A study equally interesting
will DO that Of the variation OF tempera-
ture with altitude. For the public a
very strange sight will be the effect of
lightning and the deviation OF falling
Tho tower Will be surrounded by a
Iightnlnv-rod, but In itself the tower will
form an immense lightning-rod, by which
will descend formidable quantities OF
electrclty. In thunderstorm. every
one in the tower will be struck by light
ming. although unconscious OF and re-
celvlng no injury from this electric
shock.
When the night Is black with clouds,
from the foot OF the tower one can see a
continuous sparkling fall Of lightning,
To produce that effect ) lightning-rod
will be placed on tho summit OF the
tower and tho c1l7dHetor viii be inter
rupted for tho space of two yards. The
lightning will thus jump from one sec
ton to another, with continual explo-
sions. Isl
At the base OF the tower, on Immense
blocks OF marble, inscriptions recalling
the history OF the century will be en-
gravcd In gilded letters. There will DC
found extracts from the Declaration
OF the Rights OF Man." the names OF n
hstrious Republicans. etc.
Tho weight OF this tower Will not be
greater than 1000 tons, almost enough
iron to make a railway from Paris TO
Saint GERMAN by way OF Versailles.
The cost will DO about 81. 900. 600. but
the inventor OF this gigantic work asks
only the admission fees for ten years to
pay all the expenses OF the building
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